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 Tonytamer (Tonytamer) posted on Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - 12:01 am
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North Shore ASBC Lecture Series
The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:
Social Strategies and Inclusive Environments in School
by
Harmony House
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7:00pm, April 21
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver
We are very excited to have Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock as our guest speakers. The objective of this lecture is to promote understanding of inclusion for children with autism and strategies to enhance social integration in the school setting.
Topics to be covered include:
- Social development and its role in inclusion;
- Identifying and defining the levels of friendship;
- Strategies for inclusion in the classroom setting and during social/recreational times;
- Facilitation of peer play;
- Getting buy-in from all stakeholders;
- Organizing a "lunch bunch."
This is a 2-hour version of the 1-day workshop previous provided at Harmony House.
DATE: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre ( 600 West Queens Road , North Vancouver ), North Building
For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.
Coffee/Tea and snacks provided.
Donations are greatly appreciated.
Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group) |
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| Tonytamer (Tonytamer) posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 05:40 pm
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*** REMINDER ***
Don't miss the opportunity to hear two experts with years of experience in the school environment!
As a bonus, David Marley, founding director of "Medicare for Autism Now" will be updating us on the latest initiative to have autism treatment covered under Medicare. Come meet the brain behind the effort.
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North Shore ASBC Lecture Series
The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:
Social Strategies and Inclusive Environments in School
by
Harmony House
at
7:00pm, April 21
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver
We are very excited to have Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock as our guest speakers. The objective of this lecture is to promote understanding of inclusion for children with autism and strategies to enhance social integration in the school setting.
Topics to be covered include:
- Social development and its role in inclusion;
- Identifying and defining the levels of friendship;
- Strategies for inclusion in the classroom setting and during social/recreational times;
- Facilitation of peer play;
- Getting buy-in from all stakeholders;
- Organizing a "lunch bunch."
This is a 2-hour version of the 1-day workshop previous provided at Harmony House.
DATE: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre ( 600 West Queens Road , North Vancouver ), North Building
For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.
Coffee/Tea and snacks provided.
Donations are greatly appreciated.
Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group) |
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| Tonytamer (Tonytamer) posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 01:31 pm
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We’re back!
North Shore ASBC Lecture Series
The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:
Supporting our children in school:
the law, the IEP, and the advocacy
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Mike Hancock
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Harmony House
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7:00pm, Sept 15
in the North Building of the
Delbrook Recreation Centre in North Vancouver
We are very pleased to have the following guest speakers at our upcoming session:
1. Mike Hancock: Mike is a parent of a child with autism, and a former in-house counsel for the Vancouver School Board. He has also previously worked in private practice with a focus on education law. He will review our children's right under the School Act.
2. Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam and Michele Shilvock: Bohdanna and Michele are behavior consultants with extensive experience in the school setting. They will review the art of writing an IEP.
This is a great opportunity for anyone with a school-aged child, or with a child coming up to school age, to learn and ask questions about how to work at integrating your home-based ABA programme into the school system.
DATE: Tuesday, Sept 15, 2009
TIME: 7 - 9 pm
LOCATION: Delbrook Recreation Centre, North Building (600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)
For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.
Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.
Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com
Carol and Tony
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group) |
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| Tonytamer (Tonytamer) posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 10:54 am
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FEAT Rally
Friday, November 13th, 2009
12:00 Noon
Premier Gordon Campbell’s Constituency Office
3615 West 4th Ave
Vancouver, BC
Why should you attend?
- The recent tragic deaths of two Canadian children with autism, killed at the hands of their own parents, is a wake up call! The status quo is putting the health of children and their very lives in jeopardy.
- September’s announcement by the Ministry of Children and Family Development has shown that our government is not concerned about the rights and needs of some of its most vulnerable citizens.
- No legislation or mandate exists to deliver health care to children with autism or to protect and enshrine their right to their medically necessary treatment. What little individualized funding being provided now is in jeopardy of being taken away.
- Autism is an epidemic! According to the Center for Disease Control, it now affects one in every 100 children in North America.
It is time for our provincial government to recognize its responsibility to act and to demonstrate leadership for the rest of Canada!
Who should attend?
Parents, grandparents, friends, consultants, therapists… anyone who is concerned about this injustice to our children: We urge you all to attend this rally!
(For more information email abarocks@gmail.com) |
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| Tonytamer (Tonytamer) posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 09:01 pm
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IMPORTANT SURVEY
Dear Parents,
Below is a link to a survey on ABA in BC Schools. Please complete this survey if you have a child in the school system who is involved in a home-based ABA program. If you have two or more children involved in ABA, you may fill out the survey for each child who is in school. Please do the survey only once per child, so that our results are accurate.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P37RTQM
The survey will allow us to see which districts have responded to the Hewko decision in 2004 (see the SCHOOL section in <http://www.abasupportnetwork.com> for more information). For this reason, we would like to use the survey results to determine what work still needs to be done to ensure that our children have access to quality ABA in school. This is your opportunity to send a message to your school district. It is possible that some districts are doing really well and others are not.
If you have any questions, please e-mail them to
dione@abasupportnetwork.com
The survey will only take a few minutes of your time, but might give you the tools to help your child, or help other children in BC.
Dione Costanzo
ABA Support Network |
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| Drgion (Drgion) posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 12:10 pm
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Dear friends,
I have a major problem with the principal of my son's school. Since I separated from my wife and left the family house, the school is not providing anymore any kind of info about my son. I am not invited anymore at meetings, I was not part of his IEP, I have no idea what is he doing all day long, etc. Last school year I was "the parent model" and even elected in PAC. Now ...... in the principal's eyes, I am like the worst parent in the world.
My last resort is to try litigation and asked for my rights. Please, it will be highly appreciated, if somebody will be kind to refere me to a lawyer experienced in educational law.
Kind thanks,
Dragos |
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